The most popular fixed screen 2D games
In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Redhook's Revenge
DOS1993 ImagiSoft
Aldo's Assault
DOS1991
Think of Aldo's Assault as what happens when Mario forgets his plumber license and joins a bootleg army. This 1991 DOS gem throws you into a side-scrolling frenzy of ladders, barrels, and the kind of platforming logic that predates physics. Aldo, a man of questionable fashion sense and unclear motives, must survive wave after wave of hazards that s...
Subhunt
DOS1997
Zyconix
DOS1992protected Miracle games
Imagine Tetris went on a sugar binge and had an identity crisis. That’s Zyconix (1992, DOS) in a nutshell. It’s a tile-matching puzzle game where nothing quite behaves how you expect it to, and that’s half the fun. Blocks come in weird shapes, fall in strange ways, and the rules are just shy of being written in invisible ink. But ...
Magnetic Crane
DOS1989
Mine Shaft
DOS1983 Sierra On-Line
Popcorn
DOS1988freeware Lacral Software
Antix
DOS1985remake
Antix (1985) is Snake, but with a death wish. Created by the same mad genius behind Tetris, this game takes the familiar snake-trail mechanic and cranks it to eleven. You’ve got to avoid walls, your own tail, and existential dread as the speed ramps up with every delicious dot you eat. One wrong turn and it’s game over — no power-...
Power Struggle
DOS1988 Personal Software Services
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software
QBasic Nibbles
DOS1991freeware Microsoft
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye
Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
Bubble Trouble
Windows XP/98/951998
Westphaser
DOS1989 Loriciels
Blitz Draughts
DOS1992 PC Solutions
Tracon for Windows
Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International
Kangaroo
DOS1982
Trivial Pursuit
DOS1989
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
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DOS1992 Microids
Williams Arcade Classics
DOS1995 Digital Eclipse Software
Moraff's Morejongg
Windows XP/98/951992 Moraffware
Math Circus
DOS1993
Super Speed: Christmas Edition
DOS1995
Jump 'n Bump
DOS1998freeware Brainchild Design
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS1998
Blort!
DOS1987 Hennsoft
Nyet
DOS1988freeware
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun
DOS1989 Gray Matter
Zoop
DOS1995 Hookstone
Trivial Pursuit Deluxe
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises